Chowick n.
(N.Z.) Auckland suburb of Howick, a derog. ref. to its large population of Asian immigrants since 1990s.
 | in Chinese in N.Z. website 🌐 When a European refers laughingly to ‘Chowick’, the assimilated bit of us laughs along with them, but the Chinese bit of us freezes up at the sound of the old insult. | |
| posting at www.kiwibiker.co.nz 27 Jan. 🌐 Chowick. Now – please correct me if I am wrong – but this statement has racist overtones? [...] I couldn’t possibly imagine that Zed would make any racist comments. I was therefore HOPING that Chowick is a suburb in Auckland I am unaware of. |